Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-10
ARTEMUs WARDS FUNNY Ip7,y,
Written to Little Girl at Elmir. y =
Years Ago. =

Written to a Little Girl at Elmira Y
Years Ago.
MY DEAR AMELIA canno, an
how much miss you. 1t seems s.g
had lost all my relatives, incIu1in,
grandmother and the cooking slOvs n
didn't put you in a bottle And
You down here with me? But | am a..
forgetting something. The otbs, A.
went off and forgot my Aunt saub
she's good deal bigger thar NON
Mr.. Ramsey is also a very forge,.uI "
He frequently goes off and fcros..
washerwoman. Mr.. Ramsey is ys,v
looking man. He reminds me \; !
Green, the Maiden murderer. Wbs,
Ramsey goes to the penitentiary VI
will be very soon, we must send I
doughnuts, magazines and other Hts,,y
documents. Mr.. Ramsey can read p.I
very we'll
like you very mach. Ishouldlik
just as well if You we're ~ years olde,
am very singular about some things \
spoke to me about boy who is my M
should feel very sorry to kill that
but lie may drive me to it, am in bos
that he will take himself into pra
ture tom0-that he will choke HIM
with large slice of pudding, but il
does neither | shall feel forced to h
him with chains and read all my lsc.r
to him. That will finish him. HBbN
may remain, but the rest will have b
ished miserably long ere | get thtussl
You must be good little gin.
always mind your mother. Never !
your excellent mother feel sorry that i
is acquainted with you. If it bad !
been for her you might have drowned
soup plate long ago. And if you hsdI
ever had any mother you might |
Turkey with the Turkeys. In fact I
dear Amelia, so conduct yourself u
even on dark ana rainy days the bt;
sun May shine wherever you are, and I
the stars (which are next to the SUB
brightness) may never fash too brghj
but that you can always look stead
and hopefully towards them.
Snow-sheds to cover the railway hal
have been built at points On the Csut1
Pacific road where it crosses the Sisr1
AS the trains bound east leave Emig'al
gap they run through one contnuoI
shed for thiVty-five miles. The paip1
of the sheds is to dreyent the track bs1
buried under falling and drifting sna
They secure this end but are themsslVl
the occasion Of great incohveuience ~
as the noise, the loss of view, and 4
combining of the smoke to the tsl
There is nothing peculiar in the q
struction of these snebs, which have o.,
to support the burden..of the snow
on the line of the Canadian Pacific vol
the road crosses The Rocky mounlallI
sheds of different construction
needed. Before the read was compe's1
observations in the noun tains snosj
the avalanches must be provided sssn1
A single avslanch covered the trace io'I
distance of 1900 feet and to the dep]
of so feet. The result of these oOsei'
tions was that the company buD' ~
and a half miles of snow sheds ath
ormous expense. Thd sheds ai' y
structed as follows: IL
On the high side of the mountain ~ !
a crib filled with stones Is eonst'S.]
Along the entire length OF the Shsa
on the opposite side Of the tra'S
Der trestle is erected, strong ID.
beams are laid from the top OF tns =
work to the top of the 'restle iou'
apart, and at an angle Representing
slope of the mountain as nearly y
sible. These are covered over Wi's
inch planking and the beams SIC V' =.
on either side from the trestle anu
the crib. The coqering is placed . \
a height as to give twenty-one lee, ,r
way from the under side OF the Os'
the center of the track. The lops"
these sheds is $500 feet.